Our Daughter Isn't a Selfish Brat; Your Son Just Hasn't Read "Atlas Shrugged".

I feel pity for the poor kid

James or Dagny?

Isn't this a repost of "Ask HN: Tips for Hackers having Kids?"

is this a joke? i mean, these folks actually do realize that "objectivism" is the very embodiment of infantilism?

It's McSweeney's. It's a joke.

I think having to point that out is a sign that HN's decline is near.

No, because you're begging the question.

one ego centric parent and I feel pity for the kid in all honesty.

I think its satire.